panniculus

English

Etymology

From Latin panniculus, diminutive of pannus (“cloth”).

Noun

panniculus (countable and uncountable, plural panniculi)

1. (anatomy) A dense layer of fatty tissue growth, consisting of subcutaneous fat in the lower abdominal area.
2. A thin, sheet-like investment.

Derived terms

• panniculectomy
• panniculitis

Translations

a dense layer of fatty tissue growth

• Portuguese: panículo (pt) m

See also

• pannus
• panniculus adiposus
• panniculus carnosus

Anagrams

• sipunculan

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin pannus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin panniculus

From pannus (“cloth”) + -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [panˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [panˈniː.ku.lus]

Noun

panniculus m (genitive panniculī); second declension

1. a piece of cloth, a small rag
2. (Late Latin, medicine) membrane

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	panniculus	panniculī
genitive	panniculī	panniculōrum
dative	panniculō	panniculīs
accusative	panniculum	panniculōs
ablative	panniculō	panniculīs
vocative	pannicule	panniculī

References

• “panniculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “panniculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• panniculus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011